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This cuvée is a tribute to the partnership between the James Bond producers and the Bollinger house. Made from 100%...
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A mature Champagne from a great vintage year, this is concentrated. With toast over the white fruits and with...
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A brisk attack yields bright red fruit and elderberry with fine petillance. Disgorged after nine years on the lees...
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A firm, fresh Comtes with a tight and composed palate. It’s full-bodied with a racy mid-palate. Long and...
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This is the best ever, with fabulous, silky refinement and length. It's full-bodied, with a balance of fruit and...
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Varietal tones of Cabernet Franc are the dominant force in the 2011 Lodovico (that also sees an important bending...
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Champagne Blend Italian Red Blends 1988 2011 1.5Ltr

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.